Molly Burke has been a Motivational Speaker since the age of 5.She travels to relay her story to others, not just the blindness community, talking about blindness and bullying -- Two major road hazards that she has over come along her journey and while living out her dream career. Join Jeff Thompson as he has a conversation with Molly Burke while she is in transport after a full day of meetings. You have to be flexible if you want to schedule...
Jack Chen has accomplished many of quests that many of us would and will probably never try. From climbing Kilimanjaro, running Triathlons, navigating the busy crowds in New York City, to working at Google 5 days a week as council for Google Chrome. Jack is also a family guy and has a big picture outlook for the direction he wants to take himself, his family and his passion for changing the perceptions of Corporations and creating opportunities...
Cheryl brings another episode to the College and Career Series and this one starts out a run of episodes focusing on Transitioning from High School to College to the Work Place. Cheryl uses and analogy to describe the process of transitioning, and it is one that we all made it through. Take a listen and be sure to send your feedback to Cheryl by email. You can find out more about Blind Abilities on the web. follow us on Twitter @BlindAbilities...
Greg Stilson from HumanWare talks about the latest update 4.7.2 and how to get your favorite podcasts to automatically download onto your Victor Stream. Be sure to get the latest update and enjoy getting your morning paper auto-magically, as Greg puts it. Join Jeff Thompson and Greg Stilson as they converse about the retro feel yet the tech of today found in the Victor Stream. You can find more about HumanWare and their products on the web at...
Doug Hansard is the President of the JCB: Jacksonville Council of the Blind, the local affiliate for the ACB. But that’s not the end of Doug’s activities. doug is gainfully employed; he is the President of the Christian Fellowship, participates in the Jacksonville iAccess IOS User Group and P. A. L. S, and when he’s not working or busy with those groups, he manages his Ministry. The Passion for Love ministry focuses on seniors, but...
Blind Abilities offers Part 7 in their series: The Process Of Creating A Podcast. In this installment, Pete Lane works with a variety of audio clips, two of which he inserts into the interview to create transitions from topic to topic, and one of which is used to illustrate a discussion item in the interview. Pete explains how transitions sounds can vary depending upon the nature of the podcast as he builds his project towards its culmination in...
In this iAccess Demo we walk through the new method of moving icons on the iPhone. this is part of the IOS10 update which also isolates the widgets from the Notifications. Join Jeff Thompson as he uses VoiceOver to demonstrate the nice new feature from Apple.
Cheryl responds to a question about how to do laundry from a blindness perspective. A few other community members toss in their own tips as Cheryl gives us a comprehensive overview of tackling laundry and the trappings and logistics on a campus, apartment and at home. Sorting colors from whites, soap choices from gel packs to liquid and dry detergents. Cheryl covers this and there are a lot of good tips in this cast for you to pick and choose...
Blind Abilities presents a trio from Project Starfish who are collaborating with Blindfold Games in support of the Blindfold Racer National Challenge. Nasreen, Karl, and James discuss the details around this exciting game contest, slated for October 1 through 14, 2016. There is a brand new game created exclusively for this challenge which is now available in the IOS App Store. Check it out, practice and get ready to go live on October 1st!...
Adam Perry left work to learn about his blindness and figure out how he could accept his predicament. He knew his future vision loss was uncertain, but certain. Adam has RP, a degenerative eye disease that can slowly take away one's vision and Adam is quite aware of the changes that are happening and how he has to adjust to the ever changing perspective as he travels the world working on International cultural Engagements in the Arts. Join Jeff...